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Racing Manatees!!!

June 19-20
No racers this week

Is anyone else racing or doing anything else fun this weekend?

Busy but fun weekend.  Tomorrow is EFP's birthday.  I'll be lifeguarding in the am, then we are going to a forging workshop and making Damascus knives, then maybe going to dinner.  Sunday is lifeguarding again for a few hours, then in the afternoon going out to a local brewery with friends.  One of the days I will be squeezing in a new batch of kombucha (probably Sunday).  Depending on timing, I may try to fit in a ride or run.

That sounds awesome!  Kevin is "checking the mail" and I am planning a long ride tomorrow -- probably going to Saxapahaw just because. On Sunday, I'll get out my gravel bike for a spin in Umstead and see my parents.

Racing Manatees!!!

June 19-20
No racers this week

Is anyone else racing or doing anything else fun this weekend?

Fun stuff for all  of you. Happy birthday to EFP!  My SIL's birthday is in a couple of days, so coupled with father's day, my nieces and nephew are coming into town and we are doing a boat tour of one of the chain of lakes we have around here. Another brother and his family will come into town for it too, so we will have 1/2 the siblings and their families together for the first time since COVID. Other than that I will do a currently long for me run tomorrow and a "hill" ride Sunday and hope that the Saharan Dust doesn't kill me!  

We have grandkids for the week through Sunday. Talk about an endurance event

I should have something on tap for next weekend, I'm just waiting to see how many others are stupid, er uh adventurous, enough to join me. 

So ... i just got a note that Tremblant is cancelled - finding out it's both the 70.3 and full distances. Sucks! A ton of deferral options for US races and full refund. 

I think i'll take the refund and assess what 2022 looks like. Super bummed. 

Oh no! That's awful!  I mean, they punted it to the fall and now this!  Ugh.

Now I'm reading that the IM contract for Mont Tremblant is in question (expires this year, has not yet been renewed).  That Tremblant may want to do Super League instead?

[/Oh wow, sorry this happened, but I guess I'm not surprised considering the border is still closed. Still it's a bummer for everyone who's been training. Interesting that the contract may not be renewed.   Assuming what you're hearing is true, I wonder why no to IM but yes to Super League? Fewer people, so less impact on residents? 

ETA: I really didn't know anything about Super League - and still don't, but it seems like limited sprint distances races around the globe. 

For sure. I definitely think 'buyer beware' as Penticton, BC found out when they had Challenge take over IM and the numbers tanked. Maybe just a negotiating technique but at the same time Ironman is a very consistent draw with people spending big bucks. I would be sad to see it go as i do really feel it is one of the best destinations races. It's perfectly set up for the volume of people - so many good accommodation options. Really beautiful. Anyway. 

And Tremblant is a tourist destination area - it is meant to have lots of people come and stay and play. 

Racing Manatees!!!

June 19-20
No racers this week

Is anyone else racing or doing anything else fun this weekend?

It could be something as simple as Ironman wanting to keep the covid fallout to 2020 and 2021 on their books and a desire to start 2022 with a clean slate, not races filled with deferrals.

There was a local 5K race that some of the fast guys in the running club were doing.  I wanted to do the race but wasn't willing to pay $65 to sign up for it last minute (I just learned about it the Monday before the race and similar races in the area are $30). 

So...for FUN I did my first Strava Art on the 19th.   

I got the idea for it about two weeks before the pair of Triathlons I did last month and was just waiting for a quiet weekend to complete it.  The course was a lot harder than I thought it would be I got it done and it was excited to use the Rainbow Emojo to add to the effect of the route.   https://www.strava.com/activities/5495272259   

Fun!

There was a local 5K race that some of the fast guys in the running club were doing.  I wanted to do the race but wasn't willing to pay $65 to sign up for it last minute (I just learned about it the Monday before the race and similar races in the area are $30). 

So...for FUN I did my first Strava Art on the 19th.   

I got the idea for it about two weeks before the pair of Triathlons I did last month and was just waiting for a quiet weekend to complete it.  The course was a lot harder than I thought it would be I got it done and it was excited to use the Rainbow Emojo to add to the effect of the route.   https://www.strava.com/activities/5495272259   

ST has  a discussion going about the future of the race. One side says the locals love it, it brings in tons of money and the other says anyone outside of hospitality business are sick of the events and the partial closure of the one fast road going from Quebec to the area. The latter apparently coming from people living in the area. So, it will be interesting to see how this shakes out.

So maybe it comes down to local approval both this year and moving forward? I mean, they let people attend in-person hockey games in Montreal (inside) but not outside endurance events?  Anyway, it super sucks for those who were signed up.